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paul ryan came in, had to defend mitt romney. had to prove he was president. god forbid if he was president. there wasn't a wipeout in this debate. both sides came in, thinking we'll leave prosecute what we have to do. >> let's go to our panelist, joe biden. >> show me a policy where you take responsibility. by the way, the great recession, it fell out of the sky it came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card and put a preskrichgs drug benefit on the credit card, a trillion dollar tax cut for the very wealthy. >> a quick takeaway. >> i think joe biden did do his boss a lot of help tonight. on substance, i think it was a draw. each side will draw a lot of encouragement from it. on style, i think paul ryan won the debate. and that is, the biden, the dismissive laughs, shouting, interruptions, ryan was calmer and more presidential on style, not substance. on substance, i thought it was a draw. >> it was condescending to paul ryan and i could have done with a lot less eye rolling and chuckling on the part of joe biden. however, i thought it was a gr
paul ryan came in, had to defend mitt romney. had to prove he was president. god forbid if he was president. there wasn't a wipeout in this debate. both sides came in, thinking we'll leave prosecute what we have to do. >> let's go to our panelist, joe biden. >> show me a policy where you take responsibility. by the way, the great recession, it fell out of the sky it came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card and put a preskrichgs drug benefit on the credit card, a...
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unfortunately, the burden is on romney and ryan. we already know what to expect with biden and with obama. but unfortunately, romney and ryan have the burden to say we can change the trajectory of the conversation of what's going on in the country and do it well, and that didn't happen with clarity and conviction last night. >> i half agree with carol on that point. but the other part of the equation -- >> i don't think you can agree with that point, because the only poll i have seen about undecided was done by any major network was cbs and it was pretty clear who won the debate amongst uncommitted voters, ryan 31%, biden 50%. he smashed him which was my reading of it in the moment. >> look, people are voting right now in ohio. so if you've made up your mind in ohio and you watched last night's debate, you were energized and went out to the polls and voted, that makes an impact on the election. governor romney can't win without ohio. there are, there is a narrow sliver of voters that are still in play in some of these states. i thin
unfortunately, the burden is on romney and ryan. we already know what to expect with biden and with obama. but unfortunately, romney and ryan have the burden to say we can change the trajectory of the conversation of what's going on in the country and do it well, and that didn't happen with clarity and conviction last night. >> i half agree with carol on that point. but the other part of the equation -- >> i don't think you can agree with that point, because the only poll i have...
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the romney/ryan website is up and running. he's expected to make the announcement in norfolk, virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he's seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be a lightning rod in this campaign. >> why make the announcement today, saturday morning, olympics going on, he's about to kick off his bus tour. a lot thought he would do this later on. >> a saturday announcement get us sunday morning air time on the sunday morning talk show, sunday newspapers, and gets you a nice really good ramp up for a full week of coverage in the media. >> what do you think is going on in the obama white house. how do you think th
the romney/ryan website is up and running. he's expected to make the announcement in norfolk, virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he's seen as the voice behind conservatism....
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understand what the ryan/romney budget is doing. it's cutting domestic spending 19% across the board impacting programs for veterans and impacting pell grants and pathways to colleges and impacting investments in innovation economy and infrastructure and things that will help america grow. do you want to see cuts or see the obama plan that puts us on to reducing the federal deficit but does not forget that america's got to remain competitive. >> if the american public just basically don't want to pay more tax, aren't they going to lean in an election in economic hard times towards the party that is saying i'm not going to hit you in the pocket so hd? >> well, again, we've got to get out of political cliches. and this is what we're talking about as a trojan horse kind of political cliches. if you look at the facts of president barack obama and how he governed, forget his proposals to cut middle class taxes and proposals to cut taxes on small businesses, this is a president who has cut taxes on over 97% of businesses and americans. cu
understand what the ryan/romney budget is doing. it's cutting domestic spending 19% across the board impacting programs for veterans and impacting pell grants and pathways to colleges and impacting investments in innovation economy and infrastructure and things that will help america grow. do you want to see cuts or see the obama plan that puts us on to reducing the federal deficit but does not forget that america's got to remain competitive. >> if the american public just basically don't...
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paul ryan there and is mitt romney. you know, a generational gap between the two of them, paul ryan 42 years old and i think mitt romney is 65 or 66 years old. i think mitt romney has a son about 42 years old as well. that's the republican pridential ticket. we have ari fleischer standing by. david gergen. we have our entire team. there's james carville as well. we'll take a quick break. much more analysis, reaction when we come back. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may
paul ryan there and is mitt romney. you know, a generational gap between the two of them, paul ryan 42 years old and i think mitt romney is 65 or 66 years old. i think mitt romney has a son about 42 years old as well. that's the republican pridential ticket. we have ari fleischer standing by. david gergen. we have our entire team. there's james carville as well. we'll take a quick break. much more analysis, reaction when we come back. those little things still get you. for you, life's about...
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so you are going to hear from the obama team the word "ryan" inside the phrase romney/ryan budget a whole lot between now and november. >> talk about the youtube video already targeting romney/ryan, the ticket. >> one of the things we keep hearing is democrats are going to pounce on ryan because he's proposed medicare changes that upset seniors, could upset seniors. this new video from the obama team shows, it's only online, shows they believe it'll target -- they can use the ryan budget to send a message to women, the elderly, we've mentioned veterans, students, middle class families that his budget also includes cuts that would hurt them and they plan to campaign on that message as well, deb. >> it's so interesting. clearly they're taking a lot of people. you heard mitt romney a few moments ago saying the teachers union is going to take a back seat. clearly also appealing to the teachers vote. the vice president has reached out to his opponent joe biden, reaching out to paul ryan. what did he say? >> that's right. the vice president, his office released a statement today saying that the
so you are going to hear from the obama team the word "ryan" inside the phrase romney/ryan budget a whole lot between now and november. >> talk about the youtube video already targeting romney/ryan, the ticket. >> one of the things we keep hearing is democrats are going to pounce on ryan because he's proposed medicare changes that upset seniors, could upset seniors. this new video from the obama team shows, it's only online, shows they believe it'll target -- they can use...
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and paul ryan, the romney/ryan ticket right now. and let's see if that pays off. sometimes they shouldn't be so enthusiastic about projecting this is going to be a disaster for republicans. i remember back in 1980 when democrats were high-fiving themselves when reagan became the republican presidential nominee against jimmy carter. they thought how is this former actor going to beat an incumbent. ronald reagan went out to beat jimmy carter and won two terms of the president of the united states. just be careful what you wish for. right now they're seeing lot of the democratic supporters of president obama seem to be being a little bit cocky and suggesting that ryan selection opens up the door for them to good ahead to hammer away at mitt romney on some of these popular social spending issues. at the same time, i will say this. that the benefit of paul ryan is he is very intelligent, he is a good debate. >> and he will energize that republican base out there, especially those who have some doubts about mitt romney, how really -- was
and paul ryan, the romney/ryan ticket right now. and let's see if that pays off. sometimes they shouldn't be so enthusiastic about projecting this is going to be a disaster for republicans. i remember back in 1980 when democrats were high-fiving themselves when reagan became the republican presidential nominee against jimmy carter. they thought how is this former actor going to beat an incumbent. ronald reagan went out to beat jimmy carter and won two terms of the president of the united...
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can a reduction in rates really spur the romney ryan growth? let's bring in guests and find out it's true. doug and mark, great to see both of you. doug, the romney/ryan plan will reduce rates like 20%. let's forget the lool hope for a moment. see the top rate go down from 35% to 28%. that's certainly not a drop, like jfk did or romney did. can 35 to 28 spark real gdp growth? >> i think we're in a very different world and quite frankly a better world. the feature they have in common, often not appreciated, these are permanent tax reforms, and they have much bigger impacts. it makes sense. a tax cut for a day, you wouldn't do much. and it would change a lot of things, the research supports that notion, an important part of this, a tax reform, permanent change that eliminates the changes. and it reduces complexity. complexity causes people to, a, waste money with tax planning and lawyers and leads to you waste business decisions on the basis of taxes, not business fundamentals and erodes faye faith in the tax system. and the combination of person
can a reduction in rates really spur the romney ryan growth? let's bring in guests and find out it's true. doug and mark, great to see both of you. doug, the romney/ryan plan will reduce rates like 20%. let's forget the lool hope for a moment. see the top rate go down from 35% to 28%. that's certainly not a drop, like jfk did or romney did. can 35 to 28 spark real gdp growth? >> i think we're in a very different world and quite frankly a better world. the feature they have in common,...
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we've known for several hours it is, in fact, paul ryan, a romney ryan ticket. we've got full analysis coming up here on cnn. i want to play this little clip because back in june, mitt romney had a little rope line conversation with reporters and they spoke about a vice presidential running mate. let me play this for you. >> what's the best piece of advice on those rope lines you think you received from somebody. >> stop trying to be like yourself. be someone else. just don't be you. just kidding. >> again, i didn't get any of it today on the rope line today in iowa. but in wisconsin i get a lot of people saying paul ryan is your vb. in ohio i got rob portman. i got a myriad of ideas depending on the state i'm in, which should not be surprising. >> if you can read along, that was on the plane talking about rope line experience. when he's in ohio a lot of peopleike rob portman, the senator from ohio. when he's in wisconsin, a lot of folks like congressman paul ryan. let's bring in david gergen watching this unfold. give us perspective on this bold decision by mit
we've known for several hours it is, in fact, paul ryan, a romney ryan ticket. we've got full analysis coming up here on cnn. i want to play this little clip because back in june, mitt romney had a little rope line conversation with reporters and they spoke about a vice presidential running mate. let me play this for you. >> what's the best piece of advice on those rope lines you think you received from somebody. >> stop trying to be like yourself. be someone else. just don't be...
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he is accusing mitt romney and paul ryan of seeking a medicare system that would end medicare as we know it. we know that romney and ryan would put in place a voucher-like system where people would receive a premium support payment as republicans call it to buy into medicare or buy a comparable plan. how does that not end medicare as we know it? >> well, i think that it is important to understand, jim, that going forward one of the principles that romney, the romney/ryan ticket will follow in reforming medicare is that none of the changes would affect current beneficiaries there. is only one candidate in the race who has made cuts to medicare that have affected current seniors, and that is president obama. in order the pay for obama care, he raided the medicare piggy bank and took $700 billion out of the medicare program and shifted it to obama care. that's wrong. and mitt romney will restore that money to medicare and of course as i said, one of the important principles he will l follow in reforming the entitlement is making sure that none of the changes affect current seniors and that
he is accusing mitt romney and paul ryan of seeking a medicare system that would end medicare as we know it. we know that romney and ryan would put in place a voucher-like system where people would receive a premium support payment as republicans call it to buy into medicare or buy a comparable plan. how does that not end medicare as we know it? >> well, i think that it is important to understand, jim, that going forward one of the principles that romney, the romney/ryan ticket will...
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the families coming up, the romney family and the ryan family. it's going to be a beautiful picture up there, two beautiful families. this the first time we're seeing both families come together. this the ticket. there you see his wife janna. there you see the three ryan kids, liza, charlie, and sam. obviously we've seen ann romney on many, many occasions with her husband, mitt romney, their five sons and many, many grandchildren as well. that's the republican ticket for the race for the white house. 87 days to go. it's on november 6th. we're going to get to know a lot more about paul ryan, republican congressman from wisconsin. we're going to get to know a lot more about his wife janna originally from oklahoma. a lot to know about mitt romney and ann romney over the last several years. pretty important speeches from both paul ryan and mitt romney, even though mitt romney self-acknowledged a little bit of a blunder there when he introduced paul ryan as the next president of the united states, unfortunately for him that was a mistake. he came back
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mitt romney had embraced the ryan budget. putting ryan on the ticket obviously elevates those issues and does this push this further in the direction of being a choice election. >> wolf, paul ryan is certainly a darryling of the tea party which brings up the during darling of the tea party. won't it make it harder for romney to get a chunk of the vote they need to win? >> that's a good question. what happens with the 8%, 9% or 10% independent vote that's undecided or swayable? i don't know what it does. i think a lot of people don't know enough about paul ryan yet. those of us who work in washington, interviewed him, we know something about him. for most americans they don't know anything about paul ryan. they're about to learn a whole lot about this 42-year-old congressman. we'll see how it plays with the independent voters who have a relatively open mind. i don't know yet. maybe ron has a better sense of how independents will react. >> can i add one point on that? >> absolutely. >> as congressman green noted in john king's
mitt romney had embraced the ryan budget. putting ryan on the ticket obviously elevates those issues and does this push this further in the direction of being a choice election. >> wolf, paul ryan is certainly a darryling of the tea party which brings up the during darling of the tea party. won't it make it harder for romney to get a chunk of the vote they need to win? >> that's a good question. what happens with the 8%, 9% or 10% independent vote that's undecided or swayable? i...
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it is day two for the romney/ryan team, and they are taking the message on the road in a bid to inspire voters across several states. we are getting the exclusive details of how he made it on the ticket from the romney aide who led the search. >> the first swath was made with a broad group of people and then we narrowed it down and got more information and personal information from each of the potential candidates, and then mitt took these candidate dossiers and he thought about them. he read all of them word-for-word and we narrowed it down once again and we did an even more deep dive on them, and then gave them the final product. >> today, the team's in north carolina where we find our national political correspondent jim acosta on board the romney campaign bus. jim, you have yourself a seat there and i love the technology that you can talk to us as you ride along. many call the choice of ryan pretty bold. i mean, you been following mitt romney for a while now, and what difference do you see in the candidate and his campaign now with paul ryan on board? >> well, i have to tell you, ra
it is day two for the romney/ryan team, and they are taking the message on the road in a bid to inspire voters across several states. we are getting the exclusive details of how he made it on the ticket from the romney aide who led the search. >> the first swath was made with a broad group of people and then we narrowed it down and got more information and personal information from each of the potential candidates, and then mitt took these candidate dossiers and he thought about them. he...
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>> governor mitt romney. >> and romney who decides whether to place a risky bet on paul ryan. >> the house budget committee chairman, a hill staffer before that. he will be the vice presidential pick. as conservatives celebrate, so are liberals. they've advocated and will be great targets for the election. and spefblgly, the big change to change medical care, health care program. so we'll get this done tomorrow. >> yeah, and i hate to remind you, john, it's the announcement today because it's about 1:16 saturday morning here on the east coast of the u.s. so we are just hours away on saturday from this announcement being made. we've been saying two more. but it is on us today, saturday. the conservative base is going to love this. is he ready for the skutny, as well? >> including debating with president obama. he says he's ready. we're about to find out. even people who have proven themselves sometimes have a hard time with national campaign. you were talking with wolf earlier. it does put some tough choices on the table. but governor romney will now say, mr. president, we have to mak
>> governor mitt romney. >> and romney who decides whether to place a risky bet on paul ryan. >> the house budget committee chairman, a hill staffer before that. he will be the vice presidential pick. as conservatives celebrate, so are liberals. they've advocated and will be great targets for the election. and spefblgly, the big change to change medical care, health care program. so we'll get this done tomorrow. >> yeah, and i hate to remind you, john, it's the...
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the romney/ryan ticket has plans that address both of the challenges. we have a sitting president that has no policy agenda. >> one of the reasons paul ryan wa wanted the $7 million was to help balance the budget. earlier this year, you had trouble saying when a president romney would balance the budget. >> i don't know exactly when a balance is. we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. the plans we offer in the house balance the budget. >> wolf, i am not sure of that myself. i am sure it is on our website. i should know it. i am embarrassed on your air i don't have that number. >> eric, what's the answer to that question, when does the budget get balanced under president romney? >> president romney has purposed a deficit reduction plan that will cut it by $500 million in 2016. it will take a while to achieve full fiscal balance. this president has doubled the national deficit. never before have we had a trillion dollar annual deficit. that's all we have had since he has been in office, four in a row. so it is going to take some while to balanc
the romney/ryan ticket has plans that address both of the challenges. we have a sitting president that has no policy agenda. >> one of the reasons paul ryan wa wanted the $7 million was to help balance the budget. earlier this year, you had trouble saying when a president romney would balance the budget. >> i don't know exactly when a balance is. we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. the plans we offer in the house balance the budget. >> wolf, i am not sure of that...
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the obama campaign thinks they can put this romney/ryan ticket away on this issue. and the romney people are going to fight really hard, going into the convention, see if they can convince the public. we'll have to see how this plays out. i think it's one of the most interesting questions in a long time. here's what's good for the country. let me add this briefly. in 1992, we had ross perot came into the campaign and put deficits right on the table. remember, he brought those charts to larry king? we went and the country made progress on deficits in the next few years. even those ross lost that campaign. it's -- this is good for the country to have a conversation about medicare now. to see if we can't get to the bottom of this. let's have a vote. let's see which way we're going to go. >> lots of people thumbing through copies the congressional budget office reports. which cannot be a bad thing it a little boring. thank you. nice to see all of you. appreciate your time this evening. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, a major development in a story we reported exclusiv
the obama campaign thinks they can put this romney/ryan ticket away on this issue. and the romney people are going to fight really hard, going into the convention, see if they can convince the public. we'll have to see how this plays out. i think it's one of the most interesting questions in a long time. here's what's good for the country. let me add this briefly. in 1992, we had ross perot came into the campaign and put deficits right on the table. remember, he brought those charts to larry...
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paul ryan off to iowa and mitt romney in florida. we saw the two of them shake hands and get on separate planes last night on a tarmac in wisconsin. but not after the wisconsin congressman had an emotional home coming at an event in wisconsin late yesterday. here's what he had to say. >> i'm fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s. made a go of it. it's where we've all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live ando work and to raise your family. my veins run with cheese, bratwurst and a little spot of linies and some miller. >> now, for our nonwisconsin viewers, soledad, that linies, he's referring to are line and koogle's and other wisconsin beers there. paul ryan flexing his wisconsin muscles talking about his wisconsin roots. we should mention getting back to the medicare issue. the obama campaign has released a new campaign video hitting romney and ryan on medicare, featuring seniors down here in florida. we'll get a chance to see how this ryan plan for the budget will
paul ryan off to iowa and mitt romney in florida. we saw the two of them shake hands and get on separate planes last night on a tarmac in wisconsin. but not after the wisconsin congressman had an emotional home coming at an event in wisconsin late yesterday. here's what he had to say. >> i'm fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s. made a go of it. it's where we've all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live ando work and to...
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inwhat the romney campaign wanted a whole lot of paul ryan rubbing off on mitt romney and we're seeing opposite, a whole lot of mitt romney rubbing off on paul ryan in terms of the flip-flop and perhaps this isn't somebody we can trust the same way a lot of voters believe about mitt romney. >> so, when we were speaking a couple months ago we said, the conversation was going to be jobs, jobs, jobs and now we're talking about anything other than jobs and in fact, we heard from the gop. we want to talk about medicare. do you think that's a winning strategy or is this symbolic of a rough week. >> when you consider the obama administration has done everything but talk about obama care this week. monday joe biden opened his mouth, tuesday he opened his mouth. wednesday he opened his mouth. then folks on a different network dropped the "know. "word saying romney was a racist and thus far, the democrats have gone after, income taxes and the dog and now they're going after paul ryan possibly being a flip-flopper. they haven't engaged on the medicare issue that they've tried to avoid the issues
inwhat the romney campaign wanted a whole lot of paul ryan rubbing off on mitt romney and we're seeing opposite, a whole lot of mitt romney rubbing off on paul ryan in terms of the flip-flop and perhaps this isn't somebody we can trust the same way a lot of voters believe about mitt romney. >> so, when we were speaking a couple months ago we said, the conversation was going to be jobs, jobs, jobs and now we're talking about anything other than jobs and in fact, we heard from the gop. we...
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plus, paul ryan blames mitt romney's tax plan adds up. even says it's been done before. a fact check coming up. >>> and a teenage girl bullied posted a desperate cry on the internet. just a month later, she's dead. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. nature valley trail mix bars are made with real ingredients you can see. like whole roasted nuts, chewy granola, and real fruit. nature valley trail mix bars. 100% natural. 100% delicious. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health con
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what mitt romney and i are offering the romney/ryan plan for a stronger middle class is designed to get people back to work. it is designed to create jobs. if we get this economy growing like we know we can, we can create 12 million jobs in four years. we're offering solutions. among those solutions we're offering, our number one, make sure that we use our own energy because we have our own energy in this country. all of it. you have it all here in colorado. you know, last week when i was filling my truck up, which something tells me i won't be putting my gas in my truck any time soon, but last week when i was filling my truck up, it cost $100, and the only reason it cost $100 is because the pump cut me off at $100 because of the gas tank. enough. we have our own oil and gas. we have nuclear. we have all of the above, winds, solar, coal, let's use it. let's make our energy independence. let's create jobs. let's stop sending jobs overseas by buying oil overseas. [ applause ] now, you have the technology here, the wherewithal here, the oil and gas here. we want to reward that. we should b
what mitt romney and i are offering the romney/ryan plan for a stronger middle class is designed to get people back to work. it is designed to create jobs. if we get this economy growing like we know we can, we can create 12 million jobs in four years. we're offering solutions. among those solutions we're offering, our number one, make sure that we use our own energy because we have our own energy in this country. all of it. you have it all here in colorado. you know, last week when i was...
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and look for ann romney and paul ryan's wife as well to be part of this campaign. you see the pictures right here. it looks like they are comfortable together, they like each other. they spent a little bit of time together on the campaign trail in 2008. again, this is a bold choice, because the democrats say there is so much to attack what paul ryan has done over the years. it's essentially a choice by mitt romney to say sure, let's have a big debate about the big choices facing the american economy and american spending. conservatives are thrilled by that the interesting part, colleen so, are democrats. >> john, you just mentioned how a candidate's life changes when an announcement like this has been made and there is no clear example of that than the shot i believe we're about to show you right now, which is a live shot of congressman paul ryan's house. i'm just told we don't have those pictures. but you cn bet everybody is scrambling to get that shot of his house, start getting the shots that everyone is going to want to have to build the story of this campaign
and look for ann romney and paul ryan's wife as well to be part of this campaign. you see the pictures right here. it looks like they are comfortable together, they like each other. they spent a little bit of time together on the campaign trail in 2008. again, this is a bold choice, because the democrats say there is so much to attack what paul ryan has done over the years. it's essentially a choice by mitt romney to say sure, let's have a big debate about the big choices facing the american...
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showed the romney grandkids playing with the ryan kids on the romney bus. as you mentioned these two candidates have gone their separate ways. paul ryan to wisconsin, was in wisconsin last night with mitt romney. he got on a plane to go to iowa. the two men came off of the bus and then shook hands and got on their separate planes. ryan going to iowa and mitt romney coming here to florida but not before ryan had a very emotional homecoming in his home state of wisconsin. and here is a little bit of what he had to say to the crowd, deb. >> i'm fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s, made a go of it. it's where we've all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. my veins run with cheese, bratwurst and a little miller. >> and, you know, jim, as we look at that what's also so interesting is the ryan budget plan that you mentioned is so controversial and it does affect medicare and social security. can we read into anything the fact that paul ryan is not in florida wher
showed the romney grandkids playing with the ryan kids on the romney bus. as you mentioned these two candidates have gone their separate ways. paul ryan to wisconsin, was in wisconsin last night with mitt romney. he got on a plane to go to iowa. the two men came off of the bus and then shook hands and got on their separate planes. ryan going to iowa and mitt romney coming here to florida but not before ryan had a very emotional homecoming in his home state of wisconsin. and here is a little bit...
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it's the romney-ryan ticket and romney will be putting forth his own budget which makes it sound like he may not go with ryan's plan on this. then he also said something to the effect, he said that if romney were president then he would sign off on this medicare plan if it were part of the budget. it's not quite clear if he is saying i'm my own man and i don't like this or i'm my on man and i do like is and i would sign off on it. >> ergo mushy? >> exactly. >> i'm sure they will work to clarify. thank you very much. >>> some great news for you. i'll be traveling to tampa. so lovely to be headed back there where republicans will be holding their national convention two weeks from today. that kicks off august 27th. we'll be doing the show live all week long. >>> paul ryan was on the soap box at the iowa state fair today. he's not the only special someone in iowa. president obama there as well. the president had scheduled three days in the state working to energize supporters who gave him a huge campaign boost back in 2008 during the primary there and when he defeated senator john mccain
it's the romney-ryan ticket and romney will be putting forth his own budget which makes it sound like he may not go with ryan's plan on this. then he also said something to the effect, he said that if romney were president then he would sign off on this medicare plan if it were part of the budget. it's not quite clear if he is saying i'm my own man and i don't like this or i'm my on man and i do like is and i would sign off on it. >> ergo mushy? >> exactly. >> i'm sure they...
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first he said, quote, it is the romney/ryan ticket, and as president ryan putting forth his own budget. but then he went on to say that if he were president, if romney were president and ryan plan was presented as the nation's budget, he would sign it. which makes you think that he does support it. so it's a little bit fuzzy how much he is, is he 100% behind it, is he not, would he sign it if it went in front of him today? it's a little bit unclear. >> i love p mushy descriptor. he has said he's putting out his own plan. we'll have to be patient and see how much is incorporated from the romney plan. elizabeth cohen, nice to see you. thank you. >>> more than 100,000 foster kids, 100,000 foster kids, are still waiting to be adopted in our country. think about that number. there is someone who is fighting very hard to try to find each one of those kids a family. and it's a cnn hero. after finally winning a ten-year battle to become a parent, david wayne is uniquely qualified to help other gay americans fulfill a dream of becoming a family. >> i was adopted, and i felt that i wanted to ado
first he said, quote, it is the romney/ryan ticket, and as president ryan putting forth his own budget. but then he went on to say that if he were president, if romney were president and ryan plan was presented as the nation's budget, he would sign it. which makes you think that he does support it. so it's a little bit fuzzy how much he is, is he 100% behind it, is he not, would he sign it if it went in front of him today? it's a little bit unclear. >> i love p mushy descriptor. he has...
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romney/ryan! romney/ryan! romney/ryan! >> reporter: it was a battleground state blitz, as mitt romney and paul ryan teamed up once again in florida. >> i don't like the way this game is going under this president. >> reporter: the gop ticket kicked off their day in ohio. as the college football season got underway, ryan tailgated with fans at a game between his alma mater and ohio state. and he touted the republican economic game plan. >> ohio is the battleground state. it's a -- it's a state whose electoral votes will very well determine who the next president of the united states is and the next two choices of the future we have. >> reporter: meanwhile, down in cincinnati, romney made the case for a new play caller in the white house. >> 23 million people are out of work or stopped looking for work or are underemployed. let me tell you, if you have a coach that's 0-23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach. >> reporter: as part of his new appeal to voters who chose president obama four years ago, the
romney/ryan! romney/ryan! romney/ryan! >> reporter: it was a battleground state blitz, as mitt romney and paul ryan teamed up once again in florida. >> i don't like the way this game is going under this president. >> reporter: the gop ticket kicked off their day in ohio. as the college football season got underway, ryan tailgated with fans at a game between his alma mater and ohio state. and he touted the republican economic game plan. >> ohio is the battleground state....
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romney? or now are the two, romney and ryan, simply inseparable? >> i think there is an element of romney and ryan being inseparable. and this was an election that was shaping up to be very of a referendum on president obama and the economy. and you saw the main strategy of the obama campaign to just portray mitt romney as out of touch, as this rich guy who doesn't understand what middle class americans are dealing with. i think you're going to see that continuing to happen. but the ryan element, and democrats, were of course salivating over this when paul ryan was picked. they love that medicare has now been introduced into this because of paul ryan's plan for entitlement reform and tax reform that includes changing medicare into a voucher system. medicare referred to often as the third rail of politics. and this is definitely an opportunity that president obama will take to hit paul ryan and to hit mitt romney for his support of the ryan plan. this will keep going until election day, deb. >> it is going to be really interesting to watch. thank yo
romney? or now are the two, romney and ryan, simply inseparable? >> i think there is an element of romney and ryan being inseparable. and this was an election that was shaping up to be very of a referendum on president obama and the economy. and you saw the main strategy of the obama campaign to just portray mitt romney as out of touch, as this rich guy who doesn't understand what middle class americans are dealing with. i think you're going to see that continuing to happen. but the ryan...
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>> no, romney's position has become ryan's. >> ryan's future positions are those of mitt romney? >> this is a ticket led by a presidential candidate. does obama want to be responsible for all the foolish policies joe biden has supported? ridiculous. >> so on the sensitive issue and the president and other democrats keep bringing it up, women's-related sues, abortion, for example, ryan opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest. romney says is he supports abortion for rape and incest. romney's position, holds, right? >> you have a pro-life ticket running against a an abortion inclined in obama and biden. that's the issue. >> but mitt romney is the top of the ticket. so it's his position that he supports abortion rights for women in the case of rape and incest because so far, ryan has not? >> politically, wolf, it doesn't make any difference what i say here. the democrats are going to make it that way. >> john sununu, thanks very much for coming in. we'll continue this conversation. >> thank you. >> we'll take a quick break. lots more news coming up. stay with us. ♪
>> no, romney's position has become ryan's. >> ryan's future positions are those of mitt romney? >> this is a ticket led by a presidential candidate. does obama want to be responsible for all the foolish policies joe biden has supported? ridiculous. >> so on the sensitive issue and the president and other democrats keep bringing it up, women's-related sues, abortion, for example, ryan opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest. romney says is he supports...
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romney/ryan want it to be a referendum on president obama and what he has done on the economy and the jobs and the today's jobs report fits into the narrative, and we will find out november 6th what this election was about, suzanne. >> okay. thank you, paul. >>> he made a stir in vegas, but now prince harry back in uniform in afghanistan, and we will tell you why the palace did not keep it a secret this time. on every one of our cards there's a date. a reminder... that before this date, we have to exceed expectations. we have to find new ways to help make life easier, more convenient and more rewarding. it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. >>> from fun and partying to serious military duty in afghanistan, britain's prince harry in helmand province which is considered taliban heartland. he is an apache helicopter pilot and on a four-month deployment. at the last time he was in afghanistan, his deployment was kept a secret, but this time, since the base is in a more secure area, his deployment has been released. >>> and state media
romney/ryan want it to be a referendum on president obama and what he has done on the economy and the jobs and the today's jobs report fits into the narrative, and we will find out november 6th what this election was about, suzanne. >> okay. thank you, paul. >>> he made a stir in vegas, but now prince harry back in uniform in afghanistan, and we will tell you why the palace did not keep it a secret this time. on every one of our cards there's a date. a reminder... that before...
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monday, we will be watching mitt romney and paul ryan campaigning in new hampshire. wednesday, we have the gitmo hearing with accused khalid sheikh mohammed, and his co-conspirators. and of course on thursday, live coverage for the james holmes hearing in colorado who is the man accused of kill iing eight d injuring 30 in colorado movie theater. and also friday we will be looking at the andrew breivik's killing of kids at a camp in norway. and then sunday, attorney bradley manning will give us an exclusive about julian assange from georgetown university. >>> my next guest dean obeidallah says with rewe are i for a comedy recession. say it isn't so. he will explain. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. resulting in unexpected power and agility. introducing the all-new, all-powerful gator rsx 850i. sixty-two horsepower, a fully independent m
monday, we will be watching mitt romney and paul ryan campaigning in new hampshire. wednesday, we have the gitmo hearing with accused khalid sheikh mohammed, and his co-conspirators. and of course on thursday, live coverage for the james holmes hearing in colorado who is the man accused of kill iing eight d injuring 30 in colorado movie theater. and also friday we will be looking at the andrew breivik's killing of kids at a camp in norway. and then sunday, attorney bradley manning will give us...
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mitt romney's here in ohio, paul ryan of course landed here as well. both going to be doing a variety of things here in the state. i can't tell you what those things are because the campaign has not disclosed them to us at this point. mitt romney goes to pennsylvania. of all battleground states in this election day getting a visit from both mitt romney and paul ryan it's ohio. now, at the same time i will tell you as you pointed out this is a very close race in this state. and even though the polls show a slight edge for the president in a number of recent battleground polls, the romney campaign's confident in its get out the vote operation. i was talking to the finance chair of the campaign over the weekend, sending out fund-raising e-mails as you noticed in the last couple of weeks why are they sending those out? raising money to pay for the vans, to get supporters to the polls, get volunteers out in the neighborhood neighborhoods. they're pulling out all of the stops. i did talk to a republican source that is close to the romney operation here in oh
mitt romney's here in ohio, paul ryan of course landed here as well. both going to be doing a variety of things here in the state. i can't tell you what those things are because the campaign has not disclosed them to us at this point. mitt romney goes to pennsylvania. of all battleground states in this election day getting a visit from both mitt romney and paul ryan it's ohio. now, at the same time i will tell you as you pointed out this is a very close race in this state. and even though the...
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this isn't something paul ryan or mitt romney want to become a major issue? never mind that ryan and akin are now linked by the fact that they were co sponsor s of a bil on this topic. what will the republican party today? "outfront" tonight, reince priebus. good to see you, sir. i know not what you want to be talking about right now. but let me just say, senator scott brown, senator mcconnell have called it outrageous, saying that mr. akin should step out of this race within the next 24 hours, tea party express has urged him to step aside. republican senatorial campaign committee is saying, get out, we're not giving you more money. he could get out by tuesday before the general election. that's tomorrow. should he get out? >> well, certainly, first of all, if it was me and -- i wouldn't say anything that dumb as he has. but if it was me and i had an opportunity to let someone else run to actually give ourselves a better chance of winning, i would step aside. and so, listen, what he said, erin, was biologically stupid. it's something that nobody on either sid
this isn't something paul ryan or mitt romney want to become a major issue? never mind that ryan and akin are now linked by the fact that they were co sponsor s of a bil on this topic. what will the republican party today? "outfront" tonight, reince priebus. good to see you, sir. i know not what you want to be talking about right now. but let me just say, senator scott brown, senator mcconnell have called it outrageous, saying that mr. akin should step out of this race within the next...
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romney has 28% at his highest. ryan supported 25%. you know, this is seen, mary, potentially as a bonanza for rich people if the republicans are elected. what do you say about that? >> i say that that's a false description in that what obama is saying why he would tax the so-called upper brackets is to reduce the deficit or to pay for programs. we don't need to expand government anymore. that's part of the problem. all that would raise what obama's tax plan is $30 billion over 11 years, which is $3 billion a year. we spend $10 billion a day. so romney and ryan have a real plan. it will really reduce the deficit, restructure the debt. it's tax and regulatory reform. and it will get the economy going. >> but it's true, rich people at the highest brackets, mary -- then i'm going to bring donna in, they would go from what is now 35%, the president wants to raise it to 39.6%. but under romney's plan, let's forget about ryan for a moment, it goes down to 28%, meaning as far as income tax rates, there's going to be a bonanza for rich people
romney has 28% at his highest. ryan supported 25%. you know, this is seen, mary, potentially as a bonanza for rich people if the republicans are elected. what do you say about that? >> i say that that's a false description in that what obama is saying why he would tax the so-called upper brackets is to reduce the deficit or to pay for programs. we don't need to expand government anymore. that's part of the problem. all that would raise what obama's tax plan is $30 billion over 11 years,...
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the ryan campaign has energized the overall romney effort. paul ryan, the vice presidential candidate, is playing on the same level as president obama. almost as if they're equals. of course in normal politics, that's anything but. so in the short term i think they feel they picked up some points on this. it's the long term that really matters. as joe johns said, the real question is how this plays over the long haul. >> that's the $64,000 question, isn't it? president obama's campaign has just responded to all those attacks about medicare with a new ad. >> the nonpartisan cracks down on abuse and strengthens benefits. and the ryan plan? aarp says it will undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors. >> so, is this a sign, then, that the ryan attacks are working and it's forcing the obama campaign to make ads like that? is it a sign that the president's campaign has, as you were talking about, a great offense in order to defend themselves? which is it? >> i think the obama team is on the counteroffense with that. it's a stron
the ryan campaign has energized the overall romney effort. paul ryan, the vice presidential candidate, is playing on the same level as president obama. almost as if they're equals. of course in normal politics, that's anything but. so in the short term i think they feel they picked up some points on this. it's the long term that really matters. as joe johns said, the real question is how this plays over the long haul. >> that's the $64,000 question, isn't it? president obama's campaign...
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a lot of folks were worried that ryan would overshadow mitt romney earlier in the campaign. i think that now there's a sense of him as a solid junior partner who is qualified for the job, but is not overshadowing his senior partner. >> very interesting conversation. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> she is being called pakistan's daughter. a 14-year-old who spoke out for her rights on education is now fighting for her life and is inspiring a nation. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural g
a lot of folks were worried that ryan would overshadow mitt romney earlier in the campaign. i think that now there's a sense of him as a solid junior partner who is qualified for the job, but is not overshadowing his senior partner. >> very interesting conversation. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> she is being called pakistan's daughter. a 14-year-old who spoke out for her rights on education is now fighting for her life and is inspiring a nation. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky,...
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if you look at romney's budget and what romney himself says about paul ryan's budget, he was very appraising of that. it is basically the document blueprint that forms a foundation of what they're doing. so i don't think the efforts that it seems like they're engaged in to say, well, he wasn't actually endorsing the ryan budget makes any sense. it is his budget. if you look at what he said. >> i mean, i suppose the argument in favor of paul ryan is he's young, he's personable. everyone seems to like him. a lot of politicians in america have been arguing, squabbling, anyt cone.ing up with at least paul ryany common agreement has a plan you may not agree with it. you manot think it works. he has come up with something he believes may work. and the polls at the moment are pretty useful for mitt romney. the early reaction's been very favorable. the democrats must be a little bit worried, aren't they, that this bandwagon currently rolling, the romney/ryan bandwagon, could resonate to a victory in november. >> i don't know. you don't want to ask my political advice. all i do is look at the content
if you look at romney's budget and what romney himself says about paul ryan's budget, he was very appraising of that. it is basically the document blueprint that forms a foundation of what they're doing. so i don't think the efforts that it seems like they're engaged in to say, well, he wasn't actually endorsing the ryan budget makes any sense. it is his budget. if you look at what he said. >> i mean, i suppose the argument in favor of paul ryan is he's young, he's personable. everyone...
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never mind an overhaul, so mitt romney and paul ryan need to get more specific. robert reich served as secretary as labor, mark mckinnon advised the clinton campaign. chris christie is a well-known romney surrogate. i remember when he was running for governor of new jersey and a lot of people thought there's no way he can win. i'm not going to tell you what i'm going to cut. i'm going the get the list, get in office and do it. he won and "the new york times" wrote voters embrace d mr. christie, though he offered no detail on how he would fix the state's problems. can this strategy work for mitt romney when it comes to his tax plan? >> well, first of all, as the cofounder of no labels, i like the idea of bringing the congress together and to negotiate bringing these solutions together with the president involved. now, that said, there are realities. i think bold solutions are required. now, i'm not an economist and having me talk about tax policy is like having paris hilton explain -- >> that's rather aggressive analogy, by the way. keep going. >> well, they laid
never mind an overhaul, so mitt romney and paul ryan need to get more specific. robert reich served as secretary as labor, mark mckinnon advised the clinton campaign. chris christie is a well-known romney surrogate. i remember when he was running for governor of new jersey and a lot of people thought there's no way he can win. i'm not going to tell you what i'm going to cut. i'm going the get the list, get in office and do it. he won and "the new york times" wrote voters embrace d mr....
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. >> the first two debates were paul ryan, mitt romney. the numbers that i have have shown a significant movement in the senior vote, but we're also, you know -- look, since 1952 dwight eisenhower there have been 15 presidential elections. democrats have won four. each one of those four johnson, carter, clinton, and obama have been won by people who eventually won the election. in florida he is behind. i mean, obama. if he is behind in florida, according to florida history, he is not going to win the general election. >> let's get this straight on medicare. the $700 billion plus that al and other republicans speak about coming out of medicare just so all of florida seniors knows, that's coming out of insurance companies and providers who are charging too much. >> providers are -- but, okay, let me just -- i don't want to get into the weeds on this number because nobody ever comes to an agreement on it, but a provider is a doctor, and what we know is that those folks on medicare have to struggle sometimes to find a doctor who will accept me
. >> the first two debates were paul ryan, mitt romney. the numbers that i have have shown a significant movement in the senior vote, but we're also, you know -- look, since 1952 dwight eisenhower there have been 15 presidential elections. democrats have won four. each one of those four johnson, carter, clinton, and obama have been won by people who eventually won the election. in florida he is behind. i mean, obama. if he is behind in florida, according to florida history, he is not...
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he mentioned the reset. >> what would romney/ryan do? >> we agree with the same redline that they do on chemical weapons, but not putting american troops in, other than to secure chemical weapons. they are right about that. what we should have done earlier is work with those freedom fighters. we should not have called assaad -- >> we should not wait for russia to give us the green light. they are still arming the man. iran is sending flights over iraq to help bashar assad. and by the way, if we had the status of forces agreement that the vice president said he would bet his vice presidency on in iraq, we would probably have this. >> what is in the national interests of the american people. the strategic national interests of our country. >> no humanitarian? >> each situation will come up with its own set of circumstances, but putting american troops on the ground, has to be within the national security interest of the american people. that means things like embargoes and sanctions, those are the things that don't put the troops on the gr
he mentioned the reset. >> what would romney/ryan do? >> we agree with the same redline that they do on chemical weapons, but not putting american troops in, other than to secure chemical weapons. they are right about that. what we should have done earlier is work with those freedom fighters. we should not have called assaad -- >> we should not wait for russia to give us the green light. they are still arming the man. iran is sending flights over iraq to help bashar assad. and...
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they first blamed the youtube video and now they're trying to blame the romney-ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security again. >> so joining me now with their take on all of this, ben smith is the editor in chief of the content website buzz feed and then to his right in san francisco is cnn contributor and anchor of "real news," amy holmes. let me start with you, ben since you're sitting right beside me. that was a big issue and this has been a contentious debate and the white house has been taking it on the chin over what happened in libya, and it seemed to some that either the vice president wasn't sure of his semantics when he said we didn't know they needed more security or it seemed to others he knew that the white house didn't have that information right away, but it's all about the optics. how did they come off last night on this very critical foreign policy issue. >> that struck me as biden's worst moment, and i don't know if joe biden personally knew about barackbama, and there had been a hea
they first blamed the youtube video and now they're trying to blame the romney-ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security again. >> so joining me now with their take on all of this, ben smith is the editor in chief of the content website buzz feed and then to his right in san francisco is cnn contributor and anchor of "real news," amy holmes. let me start with you, ben since you're sitting...
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was telling me, it's not about the ryan budget, it's about the romney budget. ana, i'd like you to address that. >> it is about the romney budget, but in order for it to be about the romney budget, they've got to run the numbers and they've got to get very sharp about the contents of the romney budget. i frankly give him some slack today. he's been at this now for three days. he's been in the house and he's been talking about his plan for many, many years. this is his third day on the job. but, you know, i saw mitt romney here in miami yesterday get asked some questions and he also was not very sharp on the answers. this is going to be a big part of the campaign. it's going to be a big part of the campaign in my state of florida. where there's so many seniors and where there's medicare issues going to be huge. if we're going to have a real debate, if we want to make some real distinguishing between the two plans, my team has got to get very sharp, very knowledgeable, on what they're talking about. once paul ryan does that, let him loose. he's a very articulate
was telling me, it's not about the ryan budget, it's about the romney budget. ana, i'd like you to address that. >> it is about the romney budget, but in order for it to be about the romney budget, they've got to run the numbers and they've got to get very sharp about the contents of the romney budget. i frankly give him some slack today. he's been at this now for three days. he's been in the house and he's been talking about his plan for many, many years. this is his third day on the...